Completed Projects

iSTRIVE Pilot RCT (NIDA R34DA053686; PI Batchelder)
 Study to compare incentivized directly observed therapy delivered via a study-provided phone with and without an iteratively and collaboratively developed evidence-informed psycho-behavioral intervention delivered flexibly within the community to address the negative consequences of stigma.

Project 4U (Fenway Pilot Award PI Batchelder)
This implementation science project aims to adapt and pilot an evidence-based alcohol intervention for sexual minority women and gender expansive people who report hazardous drinking at Fenway Community Health Center. 

MATTER Pilot RCT (NIDA K23; PI Batchelder): Pilot RCT involving MSM with HIV and SUDs who were sub-optimally engaged in care. Completed baseline assessments on n=75 and randomized n=50, multiple follow up data points over 6 months. 

CBT for Healthy Aging and Symptom Management among People with HIV (CHAMP; Internal MGH grant; PI Batchelder): Leveraging a clinical group I developed to address an unmet needs among people aging with HIV, this pilot RCT tested the feasibility and acceptability of a healthy gaining group intervention as well as changes in inflammation biomarkers. 

Examining Sexual Minority Engagement in Recovery Community Centers (RCCs; NIAAA R24 Pilot; PI Batchelder). This mixed methods study assessed facilitators and barriers to engagement in substance use treatment among sexual minority people who had used RCCs across the northeast. 

Measurement of Negative Self-Conscious Emotion (MONSCE Study; Osher Pilot Grant; PI Batchelder): Multi-modal measurement of shame compared to pride and frustration using machine learning to assess covariance of self-reported emotion, postural movement, facial expression, word selection, galvanic skin response, and heart rate. Designed to inform future interventions. 

INSIGHT (Harvard CFAR Developmental Award): Mixed methods assessment of internalized stigma, shame, and avoidance coping among HIV+ MSM who use drugs in Boston. Collected 33 qualitative interviews with MSM with HIV who use drugs who were sub-optimally engaged in care and self-report data from 202 MSM living with HIV who use drugs.